Story+2009-06-07+Stockholm,+Sweden

“Hej Stockholm! (crowd cheers) hej Sverige! (crowd cheers) vi är tillbaka (?)(crowd cheers) ingen regn ikväll* (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be here in Stockholm tonight (crowd cheers) now the E Street Band has come thousands and thousands of miles to fulfil our solemn promise to rock the house (crowd cheers) we are here tonight to make some Swedish people crazy (crowd cheers) that’s right…we ain’t here tonight just to rock the house…we come down here to build a house right here on this field and in these seats and on this stage…we’re gonna take the fear that’s out there and we’re gonna build us a house of love tonight (crowd cheers) because that’s there too…we’re gonna take the despair that’s out there and we’re gonna build us a house of hope tonight because that’s there too, we’re gonna take the doubt that’s out there and we’re gonna build us a house of faith here tonight (crowd cheers) because that’s there too, we’re gonna take the sadness and the blues and we’re gonna build us a house of joy and happiness right here on this spot (crowd cheers) and then we’re gonna take the cooling off and we’re gonna build us a house of sexual healing! (crowd cheers) that’s right…and we use the bad wood and we use the good wood…and we use the bad news that’s out there and we use the good news that’s here tonight…and we got all the tools we need to build us a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise…now the mighty E Street Band is here in your town tonight and we are committed to bring down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but, Stockholm, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) now sing it like you mean it…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“Here’s for Ginny and her family…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “The River”**

“I gotta do this next song because this is Steve’s favorite song that I ever wrote (crowd cheers) Steve is, uh, Steve is always begging to play this song, it’s an obscure song off “The River”-album… (chuckles)…at least it came out, he says (chuckles) but, uh…this is his…this is Steve’s all-time…all-time request and that’s the first sign I’ve ever seen for it, this is his all-time request…what key are we in?...can I play the guitar?...”Just sing,” Steve says “Just sing”… (crowd cheers)…alright, this is our tempo…one, two…hope we don’t fuck it up (laughs from the crowd) I will never hear the end of it, we’ve only played this song one time, I can’t fuck it up for Steve (chuckles) one, two, one, two, three, four…(the band starts playing the intro music)…I gotta get my moves down…because this is a soul song…is there anybody out there (crowd cheers) that's ever felt the love they were having slipping away?...I mean it's not gone yet but you can tell that it's going…have you ever felt a love that you've had slipping away? (crowd cheers) that's right…that is an ugly feeling…you don't know what you can do to fix it…probably nothing …you fucked up already…and so it's slipping away…and so when it comes down to it, is, is there any man out there with too much pride to beg to his woman?...I only see two (laughs from the crowd) I don't have that much pride - when it comes down to it I beg!...I get on my knees and I beg for my woman. I say “Baby… don't you know that I'm sorry…I say “Baby…don't you know that I didn't know what I was doing…you know I’d never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never put a love like ours in jeopardy because I need you…and that's all done in the first two minutes of begging - there's two hours after that (chuckles)(crowd cheers) that's right…take it to the five now.... (…) I don’t wanna fade away…I don’t wanna fade away…and this is where the begging starts…I don’t wanna fade away…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Fade Away”**

“For Steve! (crowd cheers) that’s some lessons in the art of appropriate begging – take that home and put it to use, boys (laughs from the crowd)…oh, I got a present in this package, what’s in here?...let me see, I don’t know…this is for the little gal that wrapped this up…never before been performed in public…until right now…(tries his guitar) are we ready, men…and women?...tempo (sings the tempo) that’s it…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Surprise, Surprise” (following “Fade Away”)**

“Thank you (crowd cheers) jag vill tacka mina svenska fans (crowd cheers) här i Stockholm för tre fantastiska kväller (crowd cheers) ni är best! (crowd cheers) vi älskar er! (crowd cheers)…” [“I want to thank my Swedish fans here in Stockholm for three fantastic nights…you are the best…we love you”]
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Thunder Road”**

“For Stockholm (crowd cheers)…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Jungleland”**

“Thank you for coming out, Stockholm (crowd cheers)… (…) The incredible Little Steven (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the phenomenon, Jay Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Amy Weinberg on the accordion (crowd cheers)(?) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen…Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Stockholm! (crowd cheers) Stockholm! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers) that’s right!...”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “American Land”**

“Shake the Swedish booty…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, at the beginning of “Ramrod”**

“We wanna thank you for three great nights here in Stockholm (crowd cheers) thank you so much…alright…I wanna hear the men (men sing “La, la bamba”) I wanna hear the women (women sing) come on, girls (women sing) come on, girls (women sing) come on, girls (women sing) everybody sing now – go ahead (crowd sings) yeah, you sound real good…woo, go ahead, baby…come on, over there…let’s bring it home, boys…”
 * 07.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, middle of “Twist and Shout”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//